News for '-darpana'

'I call Rocket Boys an emotion'

'I call Rocket Boys an emotion'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2022

'It was so nice to see that someone of her stature, where she came from and whose family she was married into and how she held herself in spite of everything that was thrown at her.'

'If you haven't acted with superstars, your market value doesn't go up'

'If you haven't acted with superstars, your market value doesn't go up'

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

'I can't wait for the day when the market value of an actress is not judged by the heroes or the superstars she's acted with.'

Mrinalini Sarabhai transformed Gujarat's cultural life

Mrinalini Sarabhai transformed Gujarat's cultural life

Rediff.com23 Feb 2016

Ahmedabad's cultural scene would not have gone beyond the garba, but for Mrinalini Sarabhai's pioneering efforts.

Mrinalini Sarabhai, legendary Indian classical dancer, passes away

Mrinalini Sarabhai, legendary Indian classical dancer, passes away

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

Her daughter, Mallika Sarabhai confirmed the news on her Facebook page. The post read: "My mother Mrinalini Sarabhai has just left for her eternal dance."

'Dancing breathes new life into me every day'

'Dancing breathes new life into me every day'

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

'My age? It keeps changing every year. I can't remember it. I don't like ageing at all,' dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, who passed into the ages on Thursday, told Jasmine Shah Verma in October 2004. Reproduced with kind permission from Harmony - Celebrate Age magazine.

Google celebrates Mrinalini Sarabai's 100th birthday

Google celebrates Mrinalini Sarabai's 100th birthday

Rediff.com11 May 2018

Today's doodle, illustrated by Sudeepti Tucker, shows Sarabhai with her signature parasol while her students are dancing on stage.

Sarabhai not cooperating: Gujarat police

Sarabhai not cooperating: Gujarat police

Rediff.com11 Nov 2003

In an affidavit filed in Ahmedabad, investigating officer, P N Kher, urged rejection of her application for modifications in the anticipatory bail conditions to allow her to leave Gujarat saying she is 'not co-operating' in the ongoing probe.

'She took a stand in Gujarat when few had the courage to do so'

'She took a stand in Gujarat when few had the courage to do so'

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

'Though she was deeply religious, she was against communalism. Whenever she got the chance, she did speak out against the communalisation of society.'

'She was Amma to all of us'

'She was Amma to all of us'

Rediff.com27 Jan 2016

'Mrinalini Sarabhai was gracious, well-read, liberal, very secular, and very well informed,' recalls film historian S Theodore Baskaran of the celebrated dancer who passed into the ages last week.